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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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